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SUMMARY:Dedham Flag Day parade
DESCRIPTION:The local UU church and the Dedham Human Rights Commission are assembling progressive voices to join the annual Dedham Flag Day parade. BVOCAL will lead singing as we march. \nSign up here 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/dedham-flag-day-parade/
CATEGORIES:Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T210000
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SUMMARY:Concert for the First Amendment - Watch Party
DESCRIPTION:No Kings is livestreaming a Concert for the First Amendment and watch parties will be happening all over the country. \nJoin the BVOCAL Watch Party on Sunday\, June 14\, 7-9pm at 6 Webster Street in Brookline. Bring a beverage or snack to share. This will be a time to socialize and connect\, but of course we might find ourselves singing along with the performers! \nNo need to sign up. Just come!
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/concert-for-the-first-amendment-watch-party/
LOCATION:Boston Workers Circle\, 6 Webster St.\, Brookline\, MA\, 02446
CATEGORIES:Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260623T081500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260623T084500
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T000137Z
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SUMMARY:MTA BESE Rally
DESCRIPTION:We’ll join the MTA outside the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in solidarity with immigrant students and families calling for stronger protections in MA public schools. The short rally will take place as BESE members arrive\, and a delegation of speakers will then deliver public comment at the meeting. \nSign up to receive final details.
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/mta-bese-rally/
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T153000
DTSTAMP:20260619T030628Z
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SUMMARY:Abolish ICE event with Friends Meeting of Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:Friends Meeting of Cambridge is co-hosting an Abolish ICE event. The money that is raised will go to support The Welcome Project\, an immigrant advocacy organization in Somerville. We will lead the audience in singing a variety of songs to bring to their next street action. This is a way to give back to FMC\, which offers us free rehearsal space\, as well as support a worthy cause. \nSign up here. \n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/abolish-ice-event-with-friends-meeting-of-cambridge/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T203000
DTSTAMP:20260601T192027Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260601T192027Z
UID:2262-1782588600-1782592200@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Union women’s leadership organization - WILD training institute
DESCRIPTION:The union women’s leadership organization (WILD) has invited BVOCAL to lead singing during their weekend training institute. \nThe WILD weekend is for women only\, so this invitation is limited to BVOCAL women. The institute is attended by rank and file union members as well as members of workers centers. It is taking place at Bridgewater State University which means a one hour drive there and back; we will arrange carpools.  Sign up here.
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/union-womens-leadership-organization-wild-training-institute/
LOCATION:Bridgewater State University\, 131 Summer Street\, Bridgewater\, MA\, 02325
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T140000
DTSTAMP:20260710T125926Z
CREATED:20260709T224012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T125926Z
UID:2439-1784030400-1784037600@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:MGB Homecare Clinicians strike
DESCRIPTION:BVOCAL will sing with MGB homecare clinicians on strike at MGB.\nWe’ll join the picket line at MGB headquarters at Assembly Row in Somerville.\n\nSign Up to Show Up
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/mgb-homecare-clinicians-strike/
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T130000
DTSTAMP:20260709T224206Z
CREATED:20260709T224205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T224206Z
UID:2441-1784113200-1784120400@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:SEIU 509 Rally at MA Association for the Blind
DESCRIPTION:Contract negotiations have stalled and community service workers at the MA Association for the Blind will be holding a rally with their union\, SEIU 509\, on Wednesday\, July 15\, 11am-1pm at Union Square in Allston.\n\nSign Up\n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/seiu-509-rally-at-ma-association-for-the-blind/
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T150000
DTSTAMP:20260716T133330Z
CREATED:20260708T195357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260716T133330Z
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SUMMARY:250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence
DESCRIPTION:BVOCAL and the Good Trouble Brass Band are planning “pop-up concerts” to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and join a national call for a weekend of action\, “Good Trouble Lives On.”\n\nOn summer weekends\, downtown Boston is busy with tourists visiting historic sites.\nOur goal is to reach a broad audience with our message:\nThe rights enshrined in our country’s founding documents are at risk.\n\nWe will perform the 15-minute pop-up concert several times in multiple locations downtown Boston. \n\nFor more details on how to ger ready – Sign up here\nNote: If you signed up for the July 3rd pop-up concerts that were cancelled due to the heat\, you must sign up again to get details for this new date.
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/250th-anniversary-of-the-declaration-of-independence/
LOCATION:Downtown Boston
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T170000
DTSTAMP:20260817T123709Z
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UID:2463-1787500800-1787504400@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Boston DSA General Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Boston Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) members have been lifting up collective singing as part of their movement.\nWe’ll be joining some of their song leaders to close this chapter meeting with a couple of songs on Sunday\, August 23\,\n4-5pm (the last hour of the meeting that runs from 2-5) at The Foundry in Cambridge.\nSign up here
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/boston-dsa-general-meeting/
LOCATION:The Foundry\, Cambridge\, 101 Rogers Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02142\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260824T210000
DTSTAMP:20260710T204832Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T204832Z
UID:2448-1787598000-1787605200@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Singing Resistance Community sing - Cambridge Friends House
DESCRIPTION:This will be a chance to learn many of the new movement songs that are meeting the moment while in community with other resistance singers.  It will be collaboratively led by BVOCAL\, Boston Area Singing Circles and other guest song leaders. \nAmple free parking available in the U-shaped driveway
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/singing-resistance-community-sing-cambridge-friends-house/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 5 Longfellow Park\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260903T163000
DTSTAMP:20260809T004255Z
CREATED:20260809T004255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260809T004255Z
UID:2459-1788449400-1788453000@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Tufts Union Rally - SEIU 32BJ
DESCRIPTION:Workers in the Tufts Facilities Department\, members of SEIU 32BJ\, are holding a rally to demand that the university bargain in good faith.\nDespite widespread community support\, including a resolution from Medford City Hall and a petition calling for a fair contract signed by over 600 campus community members\, contract negotiations have gone nowhere.\nThis is one more example of how workers are being denied a living wage while in 2025 billionaires got $1.5 trillion richer.\nSign up here\n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/tufts-union-rally-seiu-32bj/
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260907T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260907T120000
DTSTAMP:20260809T004723Z
CREATED:20260809T004723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260809T004723Z
UID:2461-1788775200-1788782400@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Boston Labor Day Parade
DESCRIPTION:March with BVOCAL in Boston’s second annual Labor Day Parade!\n\nLet’s show our solidarity with our union brothers\, sisters\, and siblings who are essential partners in the resistance to authoritarianism\, and join this planned “kick off” of a season in which we will all be working to protect the right to vote.\nWe’ll be singing about union pride\, immigrant rights\, election protection\, and more.\nSign up here\n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/boston-labor-day-parade/
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260902T143805Z
CREATED:20260902T143804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T143805Z
UID:2470-1789583400-1789587000@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Joe Uehlein book tour - Sing with longtime labor/environmental troubadour
DESCRIPTION:Longtime union and environmental activist and labor troubadour\, Joe Uehlein\, is making a stop in Boston on his book and concert tour.\nWe will join Joe for a couple of songs as he recounts stories from his book\, “Three Roads: Labor\, Music\, Ecology”.\nSign up here\n\n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/joe-uehlein-book-tour-sing-with-longtime-labor-environmental-troubadour/
LOCATION:SEIU 32BJ\, 26 West Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02111\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T123000
DTSTAMP:20260911T012226Z
CREATED:20260910T231602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260911T012226Z
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SUMMARY:Sound the alarm about robot dogs at Boston’s Science Museum with De-ICE Action Network
DESCRIPTION:The De-ICE Action Network (formerly De-ICE Citizens) will be at Boston’s Science Museum sounding the alarm about robot dogs. Waltham based Boston Dynamics plans to sign a $2 million contract with ICE\, which plans to use BD’s robotic dogs (SPOT) in their immigrant detention and deportation operations. The Science Museum has a popular Spot Robot Dog exhibit\, and we’ll be encouraging museum visitors to call on Boston Dynamics to keep Spot out of ICE hands. Sign up here
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/sound-the-alarm-about-robot-dogs-at-bostons-science-museum-with-de-ice-action-network/
LOCATION:Boston’s Science Museum\, 1 Science Pk\, Boston\, MA\, 02114\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261001T143000
DTSTAMP:20260926T171623Z
CREATED:20260926T171623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260926T171623Z
UID:2568-1790865000-1790865000@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Encore Casino picket line
DESCRIPTION:Over 1000 hospitality and service workers at the Encore casino have been on strike for over three weeks\, and there is no end in sight.\nThese are workers putting their livelihoods on the line to demand a living wage\, and support from the community goes a long way to keeping spirits up.\n\nWe will join their 24/7 picket line at 2:30.  Stay for as long as you’re able.\nSign Up here
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/encore-casino-picket-line/
LOCATION:Encore Boston Harbor\, 1 Broadway\, Everett\, MA\, 02149\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T150000
DTSTAMP:20260925T154818Z
CREATED:20260902T151322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T154818Z
UID:2480-1791640800-1791644400@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Singing Resistance Community Sing at Honk!
DESCRIPTION:Members of our BVOCAL song leading team will be collaborating with other song leaders to lead a Singing Resistance Community Sing at the festival in Davis Square. We’ll be at Seven Hills Park (behind the Elm St. T station). Join the crowd in your BVOCAL attire and help get everybody singing. \nIf you are singing with BVOCAL on stage at the HONK Closing Ceremony on Sunday\, sign up here. (No sign-up needed for the Saturday community sing.)
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/honk-festival-save-the-date/
LOCATION:Seven Hills Park in Davis Square\, 78 Meacham Rd\, Somerville\, MA\, 02144\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261011T160000
DTSTAMP:20260910T232056Z
CREATED:20260902T151537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260910T232056Z
UID:2482-1791729000-1791734400@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Honk Festival Closing Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:BVOCAL will be featured on the main stage of HONK (exact time will be confirmed closer to the date). This is the closing event of the festival in Harvard Square in which each band gets eight minutes to strut their stuff. \nPlease note: Singing on the main stage will require attending the rehearsal on October 7. \nSign up here
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/honk-festival-save-the-date-2/
LOCATION:Davis Square\, 4 College Ave\, Somerville\, MA\, 02144
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T133000
DTSTAMP:20260927T202758Z
CREATED:20260927T202237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T202758Z
UID:2572-1792065600-1792071000@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Don't sell Spot to ICE protest
DESCRIPTION:Protests to prevent ICE from getting its hands on robot dogs will continue.  This time in front of Waltham-based Boston Dynamics.  \nBoston Dynamics is considering a $2 million contract with ICE\, which plans to use BD’s robotic dogs (SPOT) in their immigrant detention and deportation operations. \nWe’ve got some fun doggie songs to share.  Participants are encouraged to bring their (live) dogs to the protest! \nSign Up here.\n 
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/dont-sell-spot-to-ice-protest/
LOCATION:Boston Dynamics\, 1601 Trapelo Road - Reservoir Place\, Waltham\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018
DTSTAMP:20260902T155510Z
CREATED:20260902T155510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T155510Z
UID:2506-1792195200-1792281599@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Save the Date - No Kings Protest
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URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/save-the-date-no-kings-protest/
LOCATION:Boston Common\, Beacon Street and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T133000
DTSTAMP:20260927T202725Z
CREATED:20260927T202725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T202725Z
UID:2576-1792497600-1792503000@bvocalchorus.org
SUMMARY:Don't sell Spot to ICE protest
DESCRIPTION:The protests to prevent ICE from getting its hands on robot dogs will continue.  This time in front of Waltham-based Boston Dynamics.  \nBoston Dynamics is considering a $2 million contract with ICE\, which plans to use BD’s robotic dogs (SPOT) in their immigrant detention and deportation operations. \nWe’ve got some fun doggie songs to share.  Participants are encouraged to bring their (live) dogs to the protest! \nSign Up here
URL:https://bvocalchorus.org/event/dont-sell-spot-to-ice-protest-2/
LOCATION:Boston Dynamics\, 1601 Trapelo Road - Reservoir Place\, Waltham\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gig
ORGANIZER;CN="Lisa Gallatin":MAILTO:activistartsboston@gmail.com
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